I keep mine right next to my WoWP shortcut and clear the cache EVERY time before I start the game. As previously stated, you can only clear your cache if the game is NOT running. To use it you simply double-click it. It takes a split-second and depending on the speed of your PC you may see a dos window flash on the screen. That's it; then, start your game.

Zapperguy, on 04 October 2017 - 08:12 PM, said:

Your file tree should look like this:

I know you said you couldn't find the cacheddb.bin file anywhere. Browse to C:\Games\World_of_Warplanes\res\scripts\db (note that this is not your res_mods folder)

In that db folder, you will find a file called: aircraft_camera_presets.xml You can rename that file (eg: aircraft_camera_presets_old.xml), and then plop my modded version directly in there. Remember to look again in that db folder for the cacheddb.bin file and if you find it, rename or delete it.

With your game not running, clear your cache, then start it and see what you've got.

*** My camera mod only works properly with a joystick. ***

My next suggestion is to use DrSinister's installer and only select my camera mod from the menu and install it that way. If you don't use a stick, get DrSinister's camera mod instead. His has 3rd person except when you zoom all the way in which is planeless 1st person like mine(not sniper view).

Good Luck!

Anybody trying this mod, please leave some feedback, so I know if it needs tweaking. Thanks and happy flying.

I had a little trouble, because I already had a bunch of mods and did not want to copy your mod over my existing mod. So I tried to take the parts out and copy them to my res_mod folder.

At first it was not working, because I think I may have pasted or deleted something I should not have. I finally got it working and like it. The only thing I don't like is when I use "snap to" it shows the plane as really big and the image splits in half. This is a little distracting. I would rather not see the plane when I use "snap to". Is there anyway to fix that? Another thing that was good and bad is that when I right click the mouse for a free look, the view is not as zoomed out as when the plane is out in front of me without the mod. However, I can move the mouse wheel back and it seems like I can zoom it out a lot more than without the mod.

What is strange is I looked at the root directory again and noticed that I have taken out your aircraft camera presets. However, they are working? I also put cached.db.bin back into the res folder? I was trying to get it back to the way it was before. Unfortunately, I did not keep a copy of my res_mod folder. Maybe I am just tired?

1st person is when your plane is removed from the view. 3rd person is when your plane is in view. The mouse right click, free look is different also. The first person view reduces my situational awareness. The further back I am from the plane the more I can see around the sides of the plane.

Not tried 1.6 yet. I refuse to "test" anything else for them. I'll post here if it's working after the patch.

Should still work, my Camera Mod still worked for 1.6, actually all my mods still worked excepted for Ground/Air Target Icons and Lead Indicators, because they moved the Lead Indicators into the same file that has the Ground/Air Target Icons.

Just found this. That's what happens when you don't read things through completely.

Will try this as soon as I get home!!!. Am used to 1st person view in all my other sims, took some mental retraining to get used to 3rd person. Right now with the mods the aiming reticle is about at the top of the vertical stabilizer. Quick question: in other 1st person games if you look right or left you see the wings of your plane, is it the same with this? No big deal just wondering. Also can you switch between views?

If you are scrolled all the way out, your camera is pretty much where the pilot's head is; so, you'll see the prop/nose of the plane. It can sometimes block your view a bit, but when you look with your hat switch, you see wingtips and tail as you pan around. One notch in is the same camera position but with the model hidden (that's how I fly). Unfortunately hiding the model also hides wingtips in the hat view, but your view will never be blocked by the model. Further in on the mouse wheel zooms incrementally until you reach sniper view. Hope you enjoy the mod.

+1 on the mod!!! I left you a message about the mod. But It WORKS!!!. It is great for joystick users who have flown flight sims for awhile. It has definitely improved my game and I need all the help I can get!!

BTW I changed my hat settings to look up when pushed up and IDK if it is in the mod or in the game settings but when I changed the look up setting to hat up it looked down so I changed it to look down and it looks up. No big problem but a little disconcerting the first time you use it expecting to look up and see the ground.

+1 on the mod!!! I left you a message about the mod. But It WORKS!!!. It is great for joystick users who have flown flight sims for awhile. It has definitely improved my game and I need all the help I can get!!

BTW I changed my hat settings to look up when pushed up and IDK if it is in the mod or in the game settings but when I changed the look up setting to hat up it looked down so I changed it to look down and it looks up. No big problem but a little disconcerting the first time you use it expecting to look up and see the ground.